Meaning of the nameJos
- Male
- Jos
Jos is a short male name, recorded in English and Dutch as a short form of Joseph and Jozef; in Portuguese, the corresponding name is José.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 883 people named Jos, the 8,999th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 48, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.
Meaning
The meaning of Jos is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 883
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,999
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,657
- people
Jos in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jos, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (167 people).
22 women 861 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Jos is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jos in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 194 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 87 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 82 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 81 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 48 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 41 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 41 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 37 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 34 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 34 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 30 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 26 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 22 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 18 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jos
Wiktionary records Jos as a diminutive of the English name Joseph and as a shortened form of Jozef in Dutch. In Portuguese, the corresponding name is José, which Wiktionary gives as a form of the Hebrew Yosef, passing through Old Galician-Portuguese Josep, Latin and Greek; no source links the Brazilian use of Jos to this line. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 883 people named Jos, with a median age of 48. It is almost always male and appears among people born since the 1940s, especially those of the 1950s and 1970s.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Jos · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: José · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Jos · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Jos
What does the name Jos mean?
The meaning of Jos is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Jos in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 883 people with the first name Jos, which ranks it number 8,999 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Jos a boy's or a girl's name?
Jos is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 22 women and 861 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Jos most common?
Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.000% of the state's population is named Jos (194 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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